Fritz Haber

Instead of continuing to dig tunnels or pits, some scientists are looking to a promising yet challenging source of minerals: seawater.

Stuart Wise (with critical omissions and additions by David Wise) on: Ten male Adonis Blues; the nitrogen fix and other wildcat forays: Chance and a different kind of derive as natural science meets up with Lautreamont, Kant, Shelley, Goethe, Rene Riesel of the Situationists, Marx, Loren Goldner and others within the totality of a future creative becoming where money, the state and the fetishisms of commodity…

Scientists from the Department of Physical Chemistry at the Fritz Haber Institute have made an innovative discovery in nanoscale optoelectronics. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications and titled "Atomic-Precision Control of Plasmon-Induced Single-Molecule Switching in a Metal–Semiconductor Nanojunction," introduces a method for achieving unprecedented control over single-molecule photoswitching.…

Scientists from the Department of Physical Chemistry at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society have made a significant discovery in the field of nanotechnology, as detailed in their latest publication in Advanced Materials. Their paper, titled "Spectroscopic and Interferometric Sum-Frequency Imaging of Strongly Coupled Phonon Polaritons in SiC Metasurfaces," introduces a novel microscopy method that…

Nitrogen fertilizers get converted to nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.

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2019 is a very special year in chemistry. 2019 marks two major anniversaries: the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), and the 150th anniversary of Dimitri Mendeleev's first publication on the Periodic Table of Elements [1]. IUPAC is the global organization that, among many other things, established a common language for chemistry—enabling scientific…

"Sometimes, not everything green is good."

Scientists reveal a way to make ammonia from its constituent molecules of nitrogen and hydrogen at ambient pressure.

Not all critical minerals need to come from digging up the earth.

A recent study in Nature Communications by researchers from the Interface Science Department at the Fritz Haber Institute introduces a new advancement in the fight against climate change. Their study, "Reversible metal cluster formation on Nitrogen-doped carbon controlling electrocatalyst particle size with subnanometer accuracy," showcases a novel method for understanding the mechanisms of carbon dioxide (CO2)…

Research groups around the world are developing technologies to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into raw materials for industrial applications. Most experiments under industrially relevant conditions have been carried out with heterogeneous electrocatalysts, i.e., catalysts that are in a different chemical phase to the reacting substances. However, homogeneous catalysts, which are in the same phase as the reactants,…

One has to look very closely to understand what processes take place on the surfaces of catalysts. Solid catalysts are often finely structured materials made of tiny crystals. There are various microscopies to monitor chemical processes on such surfaces—they use, for example, ultraviolet light, X-rays or electrons. But no single method alone provides a complete picture.

The last Soviet leader destroyed the system that brought him to power. Good for him.

Nations around the world should come together now to determine how best to protect humans from biowarfare.

Molecular Bose-Einstein condensates could help to provide the answers to fundamental questions or form the basis of new quantum computers

Matthew Hutson on biologists' efforts to engineer crops that can eat nitrogen from the air, an advancement that would decrease famines and reduce fertilizer use.

Green hydrogen can be produced directly in a photoelectrochemical cell, splitting water with solar energy. However, this requires the development of super-efficient photoelectrodes that need to combine many talents at the same time: They must be excellent at converting sunlight into electricity, remain stable in acidic or basic water, act as catalysts to promote the splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen, and…

The NOMAD Laboratory researchers have recently shed light on fundamental microscopic mechanisms that can help with tailoring materials for heat insulation. This development advances the ongoing efforts to enhance energy efficiency and sustainability.

A look inside US industrial agriculture